Sentences with phrase «bid for a seat on»

The election of a majority Liberal government not only saw high - profile changes in rhetoric — think, «Canada is back» — but also equally lauded announcements on accepting 25,000 refugees from Syria, international peacekeeping, or a bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council, among others.

Convicted felon and disgraced former Queens politician Hiram Monserrate lost his comeback bid for a seat on the NYC Council as voters in his working class district couldn't look past his history of corruption and domestic abuse, electing Assemblyman Francisco Moya instead.

The 31 - year - old faced stiff odds in her bid for a seat on the board of directors for the Nebraska Public Power District, the largest energy provider in the only state in the nation that relies solely on public power.

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Cuomo had reportedly pledged to support Fiala's campaign by raking in $ 100,000 in donations for her bid to flip a long - held Republican seat following the forced ouster of Tom Libous, who was convicted on a charge of lying to the FBI in July.

Fahey, on the other hand, had an ad that featured his boss, Higgins, who is preparing for a re-election bid himself in a newly - drawn — and supposedly safe — Buffalo / Niagara Falls seat.

Both Democrats and Republicans had spent millions of dollars on the Westchester contest, airing hostile television ads, in an effort to win the seat, which was vacated in January by George Latimer, who won his bid for county executive.

Spano's decision to drop his bid for the race leaves Democratic Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer, People for Bernie co-founder Kat Brezler and Bedford Supervisor Chris Burdick among the Democrats vying for the open seat, vacated on Jan. 1 by Westchester County Executive George Latimer.

The Barack Obama Democratic Club endorsed Adriano Espaillat in his bid for the Congressional seat currently occupied by Charlie Rangel at a candidates forum at the Church of the Intercession on W. 155th Street that featured (almost) all five people running in the race.

Following the phone call, another supporter of Nadler (right) offered Rosenberg a seat on a prestigious, not - for - profit board if he withdrew his congressional bid, the challenger claimed.

Unlike most staffers who made that switch and then returned to City Hall, Botnick then went on to run David Greenfield's successful special election bid to succeed former Councilman Simcha Felder, who gave up his seat to go work for city Comptroller John Liu.

But, according to a number of sources, her bid for the seat is predicated on a series of political deals and exchanges of favors that would leave her indebted to a vast array of political machines and prominent political actors.

Former Yonkers Inspector General Dan Schorr on Thursday announced his bid for the 37th Senate district in Westchester County, a seat that is at the center of a fight over control for the chamber.

Mr. Alles declined to elaborate on his campaign but Queens Democratic sources said the UFOA member has had an interest in the seat since Mr. Peralta launched a bid for Queens borough president earlier this year.

Democratic congressional candidate Dave Clegg on Thursday reported having raised $ 220,000 in his bid for the Hudson Valley House seat held by Republican Rep. John Faso.

Although Swaranjit Singh officially kicked off his campaign for City Councilman David Weprin's (D - Hollis) seat just last weekend, the Bellerose resident has long been working on the bid and his camp said at Saturday's gathering that the efforts have paid off.

Former South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds announced on Thursday his bid for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson.

While initial rumors focused on Wright running for the State Senate or Dickens» City Council seat, The New York Post recently reported that Wright associate Charlie King is trying to gauge reaction and garner support for a Wright mayoral bid.

She has run dozens of campaigns throughout Queens, New York City and the state and is currently working on Democrat Steve Behar's bid for the 26th state Assembly District seat in northeast Queens and consulting for incumbent Assemblywoman Democrat Catherine Nolan, who is up for re-election in the 37th Assembly District in western Queens against Republican John Wilson.

Democrats in East Hampton Town swept the races for town supervisor and town board, with Peter Van Scoyoc winning a decisive victory over his opponent, Manny Vilar, in the race for supervisor, and his running mates, incumbent Councilwoman Kathee Burke - Gonzalez and Jeff Bragman, an attorney, handily winning their bids for two seats on the town board.

Outgoing Sen. Jeff Flake on Wednesday dismissed Joe Arpaio's bid for his Arizona Senate seat in 2018, laughing off the controversial former sheriff as a fringe candidate whose campaign will quickly fizzle.

Slosberg opened his campaign account Thursday, officially joining Lantana Democratic Rep. Lori Berman in the race, though he announced he was dead set on running for the seat before Berman announced her bid.

They say that the third time is the charm, and fortune finally turned in Manna Jo Greene's favor on Election Day 2013: She prevailed in her bid to represent all of Rosendale and part of Marbletown as Ulster County Legislator for District 19, after having lost previous bids for the same seat in 1989 and 2003.

The Paramount Chief of Offinso in the Ashanti Region, Nana Wiafe Akenten III, has called on his fellow chiefs and subjects to support President John Dramani Mahama in his bid to retain the seat as President for a second term.

Gailor said it was too early to determine if the state would seek to retry Newton on the two first - degree larceny charges and the two counts of illegal campaign practices, all of which involve Newton's unsuccessful 2012 bid for a state Senate seat representing Bridgeport.

The Business Council's political action committee on Wednesday endorsed Republican state Senate hopeful Julie Killian's bid for a pivotal seat in the chamber.

After failing to make it on the ballot as the Independence Party candidate, entrepreneur Martin Babinec has decided to launch a new political party in his bid for the NY - 22 seat — the Upstate Jobs Party.

Fiala is expected to launch her bid for former Sen. Tom Libous's seat on Thursday after he was ousted following a conviction on a charge of lying to the FBI.

The Senate map was whittled down somewhat on Tuesday when Nassau County lawmaker David Dennenberg dropped his bid to run for an open seat after it was revealed in a lawsuit his former employers were accusing him of defrauding them out of $ 2 million.

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says he will introduce legislation as part of his bid to crack down on the use of «bot» software that allows event ticket buyers to gobble up numerous seats for resale faster than individual people can.

Former Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi said he has raised $ 450,000 so far in his bid to run for retiring Rep. Steve Israel NY - 3 seat on Long Island.

Democratic District Leader Ari Espinal on Monday announced her bid for the seat vacated at the start of the year by New York City Councilman Francisco Moya.

State Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi, D - Utica, briefly considered launching a bid for the Democratic Party backing, but decided to pass on the opportunity to run for the open congressional seat.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — After failing to make it on the ballot as the Independence Party candidate, entrepreneur Martin Babinec has decided to launch a new political party in his bid for the 22nd Congressional District seat..

PLATTSBURGH Don Boyajian abandoned his bid for the Democratic nomination for New York's 21st Congressional District on Tuesday, opting instead to run for a state assembly seat.

Wealthy hotel chain owner Jim Graves, who came within 4,300 votes of unseating U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann last year and planned to challenge her again in 2014, unexpectedly announced on Friday that he was ending his bid for Minnesota's 6th congressional district seat.

Former Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV, son of the legendary Harlem pol, spent the final hours of his losing bid for Rangel's congressional seat on Tuesday pleading for donations in a bizarre email to people who hadn't coughed up to his campaign.

Adam Clayton Powell IV, son of the legendary Harlem pol, spent the final hours of his losing bid for Charles Rangel's congressional seat on Tuesday pleading for donations in a bizarre email to people who hadn't coughed up to his campaign.

On Long Island, the group has donated to Democrat Adam Haber's bid to replace Republican Jack Martins, who is running for an open congressional seat there.

Gjonaj beats out other big spenders over the years including Kevin Kim, who spent $ 641,491 on an unsuccessful bid for a Queens Council seat in 2009, and Yen Chou, who spent $ 527,775 on a different Queens seat the same year.

After Republican Bob Ghosio won in his bid for Town Board earlier this month, his seat on the town's Board of Trustees will become vacant.

Cappelli's announcement comes on the same day Syracuse Common Council member Jean Kessner, who was vying for State Senator David Valesky's seat, dropped her bid for the seat.

Hours before the anti-terror press conference on Friday morning, Cuomo declined to back Democratic Senate candidate Marc Panepinto in his bid for a Buffalo seat that may be winnable for Democrats after incumbent Mark Grisanti unexpectedly lost his own G.O.P. primary race to a more conservative challenger.

And she told Andrew Neil on the Daily Politics that she was now looking for a seat in her bid to be a Lib Dem MP.

In 2002, Mr. Lasher contributed to Tim Bishop's Congressional upset in Suffolk County, and in the past election cycle he worked on several races, among them Working Families Party candidate Letitia James» successful City Council bid, for the seat left vacant when James Davis was murdered in City Hall last summer; Steve Levy's winning bid for Suffolk County Executive (the first Democrat elected for that seat since 1987); and Arlene Bluth's failed bid for Civil Court against Shlomo Hagler in Manhattan.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Republican Ronald Castorina Jr., who received GOP support Thursday in his bid for the vacant South Shore Assembly seat, picked up both Conservative and Independence Party backing on Saturday.

Other senior Republicans who could contend for the chair include Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R — CA), who has served on the panel for more than 3 decades and ran against Smith for its leadership slot in 2012, and Representative Mo Brooks (R — AL), who recently lost a bid for a Senate seat in Alabama.

Local residents want to pull the plug on a wine bar's bid to serve booze in its outdoor seating area because it will expose children to seedy «Internet people» flocking there for dates after meeting online, they claimed at a recent community board meeting.

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